ENG112

You will learn how to use
ProQuest to find reviews of books written for children

You will learn how to use the
New York Times to find reviews of books written for children

Using Google Scholar to find citations
of scholarly literature.

Using the
online catalog to finding a book in the Bloomfield College Library (books by an
author, about an author or work by an author) – Start from a general work to
the more specific

To find a
review in ProQuest, use the Advance Search tab – enter the last name of the
author – select document type book review.

Finally,
you may use a number of tools to find literary criticism of children's
literature. I will use Snow White as a search subject since
there are different versions (print and film). Using ProQuest, choose the Advanced Search tab. Enter "snow
white" (using quotes makes this a phrase) – leave the default set to citation and abstract – check the boxes
for full text and Scholarly journals, including
peer-reviewed. You may mark articles of interest and
print out a bibliography. If you feel you are not getting enough relevant information,
BROADEN your search, for example, use “FAIRY TALES”.

Finally, you can use Google Scholar to search for scholarly
literature. Keep in mind that Google will usually only let you know what is out
there in the web. Often it will not give you the full text of an article. It is
a great tool however, and allows you to search across many spectrums.